Friday Night Family Check-In Is Extremely Therapeutic At These Times - We Even Tried to Sing Songs in Rounds

Casey was the first to figure out how to create a background screen for the Zoom call. She chose the won of my father with his beer belly and a wig, which my father found very entertaining as he ate his chips.

We have officially united the Barnwell, Crandalls, and Isgars on Zoom for Friday family hour (so much so that we had Nikki laughing on the ground at how stupid and stilly the whole thing was).

Honestly, it was the opposite. It was precious, necessary, and memorable. I believe we will need to check in more and more over the next few weeks as things get heavier not only for us, but for the nation.

It's the weekend, y'all, but I don't believe any of us are chilling out as we're sort of glue to one another wondering, "What comes next?"

Connecticut will join NYC on Monday on mandatory lockdown, which excluded groceries and liquor stores (I tell you what - these employees have to be, "Really? The world is now mandated to stay home, but we have to come to work to scan groceries and booze?"

Phew. There will be ticker tape parades for these individuals in months to come.

We are officially under one week of quarantine in CT and it is something else. I know that many states are just starting to catch up - you'll see why a family reunion on ZOOM matters so much after a week of being stuck indoors.

We are entering the waiting phase, I believe, as everything is about to get much heavier. Fingers crossed the predictions aren't as dire as medical professionals have predicted.